Enhanced low-temperature catalytic carbon monoxide methanation performance via vermiculite-derived silicon carbide-supported nickel nanoparticles

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 965-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Song ◽  
Naveed Altaf ◽  
Mingyuan Zhu ◽  
Jiangbing Li ◽  
Xin Ren ◽  
...  

The methanation process is renowned worldwide and effectually employed for synthetic natural gas (SNG) production.

RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (100) ◽  
pp. 57185-57191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baowei Wang ◽  
Sihan Liu ◽  
Zongyuan Hu ◽  
Zhenhua Li ◽  
Xinbin Ma

Co3O4 nanoparticles showed high catalytic activity for low temperature CO methanation. CoO is the active phase of the catalyst. Pre-reduction treatment can improve catalytic stability.


2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. L. Becker ◽  
R. J. Braun ◽  
M. Penev

The natural gas distribution infrastructure is well developed in many countries, enabling the fuel to be transported long distances via pipelines and easily delivered throughout cities. Using the existing pipeline to transport renewably generated synthetic natural gas (SNG) can leverage the value of the product. While the price of natural gas is near record lows in the United States, many other countries are working to develop SNG as an alternative fuel for transportation markets, especially in Europe and for island nations. This study presents an SNG plant design and evaluates its performance for producing SNG by reacting renewably generated hydrogen with carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide feedstock is assumed to be captured and scrubbed from an existing coal fired power plant at the city-gate, where the SNG plant is co-located. Historically, methanation has been a common practice for eliminating carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in various chemical processes such as ammonia production and natural gas purification; for these processes, only small amounts (1–3% molar basis) of carbon oxides need to be converted to methane. A “bulk” methanation process is unique due to the high concentration of carbon oxides and hydrogen. In addition, the carbon dioxide is the only carbon source, and the reaction characteristics of carbon dioxide are much different than carbon monoxide. Thermodynamic and kinetic considerations of the methanation reaction are explored to model and simulate a system of reactors for the conversion of hydrogen and carbon dioxide to SNG. Multiple reactor stages are used to increase temperature control of the reactor and drain water to promote the forward direction of the methanation reaction. Heat recuperation and recovery using organic Rankine cycle units for electricity generation utilizes the heat produced from the methanation reaction. Bulk recycle is used to increase the overall reactant conversion while allowing a satisfactorily high methane content SNG product. A hydrogen membrane separates hydrogen for recycle to increase the Wobbe index of the product SNG by increasing the methane content to nearly 93% by volume. The product SNG has a Wobbe index of 47.5 MJ/m3 which is acceptable for natural gas pipeline transport and end-use appliances in the existing infrastructure. The overall plant efficiency is shown to be 78.1% HHV and 83.2% LHV. The 2nd Law efficiency for the SNG production plant is 84.1%.


Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Tae Young Kim ◽  
Seong Bin Jo ◽  
Jin Hyeok Woo ◽  
Jong Heon Lee ◽  
Ragupathy Dhanusuraman ◽  
...  

Co–Fe–Al catalysts prepared using coprecipitation at laboratory scale were investigated and extended to pilot scale for high-calorific synthetic natural gas. The Co–Fe–Al catalysts with different metal loadings were analyzed using BET, XRD, H2-TPR, and FT-IR. An increase in the metal loading of the Co–Fe–Al catalysts showed low spinel phase ratio, leading to an improvement in reducibility. Among the catalysts, 40CFAl catalyst prepared at laboratory scale afforded the highest C2–C4 hydrocarbon time yield, and this catalyst was successfully reproduced at the pilot scale. The pelletized catalyst prepared at pilot scale showed high CO conversion (87.6%), high light hydrocarbon selectivity (CH4 59.3% and C2–C4 18.8%), and low byproduct amounts (C5+: 4.1% and CO2: 17.8%) under optimum conditions (space velocity: 4000 mL/g/h, 350 °C, and 20 bar).


Author(s):  
Radwa A. El-Salamony ◽  
Sara A. El-Sharaky ◽  
Seham A. Al-Temtamy ◽  
Ahmed M. Al-Sabagh ◽  
Hamada M. Killa

Abstract Recently, because of the increasing demand for natural gas and the reduction of greenhouse gases, interests have focused on producing synthetic natural gas (SNG), which is suggested as an important future energy carrier. Hydrogenation of CO2, the so-called methanation reaction, is a suitable technique for the fixation of CO2. Nickel supported on yttrium oxide and promoted with cobalt were prepared by the wet-impregnation method respectively and characterized using SBET, XRD, FTIR, XPS, TPR, and HRTEM/EDX. CO2 hydrogenation over the Ni/Y2O3 catalyst was examined and compared with Co–Ni/Y2O3 catalysts, Co% = 10 and 15 wt/wt. The catalytic test was conducted with the use of a fixed-bed reactor under atmospheric pressure. The catalytic performance temperature was 350 °C with a supply of H2:CO2 molar ratio of 4 and a total flow rate of 200 mL/min. The CH4 yield was reached 67%, and CO2 conversion extended 48.5% with CO traces over 10Co–Ni/Y2O3 catalyst. This encourages the direct methanation reaction mechanism. However, the reaction mechanism over Ni/Y2O3 catalyst shows different behaviors rather than that over bi-metal catalysts, whereas the steam reforming of methane reaction was arisen associated with methane consumption besides increase in H2 and CO formation; at the same temperature reaction.


Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 697
Author(s):  
Tae-Young Kim ◽  
Seongbin Jo ◽  
Yeji Lee ◽  
Suk-Hwan Kang ◽  
Joon-Woo Kim ◽  
...  

Fe-Ni and Co-Fe-Ni catalysts were prepared by the wet impregnation method for the production of high-calorific synthetic natural gas. The influence of Ni addition to Fe and Co-Fe catalyst structure and catalytic performance was investigated. The results show that the increasing of Ni amount in Fe-Ni and Co-Fe-Ni catalysts increased the formation of Ni-Fe alloy. In addition, the addition of nickel to the Fe and Co-Fe catalysts could promote the dispersion of metal and decrease the reduction temperature. Consequently, the Fe-Ni and Co-Fe-Ni catalysts exhibited higher CO conversion compared to Fe and Co-Fe catalysts. A higher Ni amount in the catalysts could increase C1–C4 hydrocarbon production and reduce the byproducts (C5+ and CO2). Among the catalysts, the 5Co-15Fe-5Ni/γ-Al2O3 catalyst affords a high light hydrocarbon yield (51.7% CH4 and 21.8% C2–C4) with a low byproduct yield (14.1% C5+ and 12.1% CO2).


1996 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 2829-2832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew S. Sigman ◽  
Bruce E. Eaton ◽  
Jerald D. Heise ◽  
Clifford P. Kubiak

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